INDIANAPOLIS  The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 11 with 2016 Mark of Excellence Awards winners.

SPJs Region 11 comprises Arizona, California and Nevada. Honorees received award certificates the weekend of April 28 at the Region 11 Conference. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other regional MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions.

National winners will be notified in the late spring and will be recognized at the Excellence in Journalism conference in Anaheim, California.

MOE Awards entries are judged by professionals with at least three years of journalism experience. Judges were directed to choose entries they felt were among the best in student journalism. If no entry rose to the level of excellence, no award was given. Any category not listed has no winner.

School divisions are based on student enrollment, including both graduate and undergraduate: Large schools have at least 10,000 students and small schools have 9,999 or fewer students.

The list below details all Region 11 winners. If you have any questions regarding the MOE Awards, contact Abbi Martzall via email or phone at 317-920-4791.

This list reflects the spelling and titles submitted in the award entries.

General News Photography (Large)Winner: Boots on the ground  by Kathy Chen, University of California Los AngelesFinalist: Through long battle with cancer, Phoenix artist persists in work  by Courtney Pedroza, Arizona State University

Photo Illustration (Large)Winner: Alperts Give Millions for Music  by Edward Locke, Los Angeles City CollegeFinalist: As Real as Our Bodies: The Water Libearation  by Eve Moreno, Los Angeles City CollegeFinalist: Daydreams & Nightmares  by Shannon Godly, Los Angeles City College

Best All-Around Non-Daily Student NewspaperWinner: Arizona Daily Wildcat  by Staff, University of ArizonaFinalist: Best non-daily student newspaper entries  by Staff, El Camino Community CollegeFinalist: The Guardsman  by The Guardsman Staff, City College of San Francisco

Feature Writing (Large)Winner: The classroom, the ballot and the big bad wall  Oaklands children tackle the Trump effect  by Rosa Furneaux, UC Berkeley Graduate School of JournalismFinalist: The uncertain fate of the Salt River horses  by Rebecca Brisley, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: The sky in the east was bright red  by Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, UC Berkeley

Feature Writing (Small)Winner: The Breaking Point  by The Panther staff, Chapman UniversityFinalist: Someone You Know  by The Panther staff, Chapman UniversityFinalist: Fighting the Status Quo  by Emily Lau, University of La Verne

General News Reporting (Small)Winner: Living the Diversity Mission  by Kristina Bugante, University of La VerneFinalist: No Human Being is Illegal  by The Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University

Sports Writing (Large)Winner: From California to kibbutz, former ASU track star runs winding road to represent Israel in Rio  by Logan Newman, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Fϊtbol, faith and family collide for ASU soccer's Lucy Lara  by Kendall Valenzuela, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Arizonas public universities working to diversify their athletic departments  by Danielle Eurich, Arizona State University

Best Use of MultimediaWinner: Building a Wall  by Staff, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Native Americans still fight for voting equality  by Erin Vogel-Fox, Courtney Columbus, Marianne Hauglie and Mike Lakusiak, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: America scrubs millions from the voter rolls. Is it fair?  by Sean Holstege, Emily L. Mahoney, Hillary Davis and Jimmy Miller, Arizona State University

Online In-Depth ReportingWinner: School takeovers leave parents without a voice in education  by Lily Altavena, Rose Velazquez and Natalie Griffin, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Lawmakers at odds over voting rights for felons  by Kate Peifer and Rose Velazquez, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Caring for the caregivers  by Shreya Aiyar, Daniel Alcazar, Miriam Bribiesca, University of California Los Angeles

Online News ReportingWinner: Voters will face a maze of new requirements in November  by Emily L. Mahoney, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Boots on the ground  by Daily Bruin Staff, University of California Los AngelesFinalist: Judge finds sufficient evidence against former student accused of threatening to kill professor ...  by Phil Sidavong, El Camino Community College

Online Sports ReportingWinner: The shot caller  by Claire Fahy, University of California Los AngelesFinalist: National anthem protest has national trickle-down effect  by Katherine Fitzgerald, Krandall Brantley, Rochelle Romero, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: The many faces of Sean Miller and his ride to college basketball elite  by Matt Wall (written); Alex Guyton (video), University of Arizona

RadioBest All-Around Radio NewscastWinner: Winner From Where We Are  by Meghan Coyle, Alana Bracken, Ian Hurley, Miranda Myers, University of Southern California

Radio FeatureWinner: Meet the City Kid Turned Rodeo King  by Lacy Jane Roberts, University of California Berkeley Journalism SchoolFinalist: A New Kind of User Research  by Taylor Villanueva, University of Southern CaliforniaFinalist: LA Grafitti: A Tagger in Training  by Jonathan Shiflett, University of Southern California

Radio In-Depth ReportingWinner: OUTBREAK: A Doctor Visit Like No Other  by Nadine Sebai, University of California - BerkeleyFinalist: Why Tiki?  by Paola Mardo, University of Southern California

Television Breaking News ReportingWinner: See It Live  Prince  by Brad Streicher, Abby Flaxer, Emily Lee, Eli Goodstein, University of Southern California

Television Feature ReportingWinner: What It's Like to Leave Iraq for a Life in America  by Luisa Conlon, Hanna Miller, Lacy Jane Roberts, UC Berkeley Graduate School of JournalismFinalist: SCHOOL OF LUTHIERY  by Adriana De Alba, Arizona State UniversityFinalist: Graffiti Artist Betters Community  by Brad Streicher, University of Southern California

Television In-Depth ReportingWinner: Growing Up Together  by Daniela Jaimes, Sandra Velarde, University of La VerneFinalist: Haitian immigrants wait at the border  by Ryan Thompson, Magali Gauthier, University of Southern CaliforniaFinalist: How Safe is Safe?  by Alexandra De Leon, Lauren Harchut, University of La Verne

Television News and Feature PhotographyWinner: Food Waste at Nogales Border  by Yahaira Jacquez, Arizona State University

Television Sports PhotographyWinner: ASU swimmer represents Serbia in upcoming Olympic Games  by Ao Gao, Arizona State University